This week has been very busy. It wasn’t really planned that way, but we had two opportunities to go swimming—something we do not do all that often. Then we had a doctor appointment, garden needed attention, my husband’s aunt passed away and daily life doing chores and homeschool. Sunday, we went to church and came…
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Nature Study Tuesday June 29
We have had a super busy week, and you know what? For most of that week, my camera sat on the charger. We have been outside quite a bit, but I never got an pictures of stuff we observed. Like the box turtle who lives in our garden, or the water bugs in our baby…
Weekly Wrap Up—Finishing Wheat Harvest and to the Doctor.
Sunday, (Father’s Day), was a day full of church and a bit of rest. We ended up just celebrating Father’s day with our family at home. Not the original plan, but God knew we just needed to be together. It was wonderful. I made one of my husband’s favorite meals, Sausage, potatoes, onions, carrots, and…
Nature Study Tuesday June 8
Well, we have been out in nature, and we have observed a ton of nature. However, I have no pictures. Sorry, no excuses other then a very busy week full of VBS, and packing for our homeschool convention and being there, coming home and such. While at the convention, I found lots of encouragement to…
Nature Study Tuesday June 1—Nature Walk at Quivera National Wildlife Refuge
Last week on a day that was a bit crazy, as in restless children, needing outdoor time, but SUPER muddy yard, we went to our area Wildlife Refuge. We spent about two and a half hours there. When we first got there, we saw this: A Mama deer and her brand new baby. A snake…
Preparing for a Homeschool Convention.
Homeschool Conventions could be considered a homeschool family’s teacher in-service training. There is a wealth of information, products and resources to be had. They can easily overwhelm the new convention goer. I know seven years ago when attended my first, I was walking around dazed. I barely remember the speakers, and not sure how much…
Weekly Wrap Up—Testing Curriculum Samples, End of Year Evaluations, Extreme Nature Walk
We had a big week, considering I didn’t ever get to lesson plans over this past weekend. I landed in the garden and only stopped long enough to eat and sleep. So, Sunday around 8 pm, I decided it would be a week of curriculum samples to try it, complete our year end evaluations…
Top Ten Things I Loved from the Schoolhouse Expo.
During the days of May 12 through May 14, I “attended” the Schoolhouse Expo put on by The Old Schoolhouse Magazine. This was a Webinar for homeschooling parents. It was meant to teach, encourage, support and help homeschooling parents. I have to say it was a HUGE success. There were lots of speakers from those…
Some of My Favorite Homeschool Quotes.
There are times I have to look outside of myself for the motivation to keep going. I constantly pray about our homeschool, but as many of you know, a good homeschool quote is a balm to the weary homeschooling soul. Most of the time, I believe God leads me to what the people below have…
